“The Terry County Heritage Museum is pleased and proud to note these contributions to Terry County agriculture,” said Fredrick Jackson, museum associate.

Gina Kelly Ellis, secretary of the museum’s board of directors and a curator of the exhibit, said visitors can expect to see some everyday items from earlier days of an evolving industry. With recent displays dedicated to everything from weddings to education to black history, crop-production is an overdue theme for a new exhibit, she said.

“We had other areas of Terry County represented, but not farming — where we came from,” she said. “That’s our history. Agriculture is the backbone of our county.”

Examples of artifacts on display will include a planter, plow, blacksmith tools and old photos of farmers.

Like most other counties in the region, Terry County’s main commodity is cotton. That crop will be a main focus, but grain sorghum, peanuts, corn, guar and wine grapes will also be included in the exhibit.

Although the museum is known for its promotion of local history, part of the exhibit focuses on new directions for the local agriculture scene. Terry County grape production, according to growers, is booming and expected to keep growing, for example.

“We just wanted to have somewhere to recognize the farmers of the past, bring a little honor to the farmers of the present and offer encouragement to the farmers of the future as they look at how far they’ve come,” Ellis said.

The farm tour is a long-running tradition in Brownfield.

This year, the museum is its third stop. The bus will likely arrive mid-to-late morning, Jackson said.

The first stop on the tour is a visit to Cliff Bingham’s vineyards north of town. The local farmer’s presentation will describe his organic-growing techniques for sesame and cotton plants.

The other stop is a tour of Texas Custom Wine Works, just southeast of town on State Highway 137. The wine-and-juice-production facility celebrated its grand opening in late July.